Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3130, Francis Dunkle, New York.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Dunkle, Francis or Dunkle.
R 3130
Born in Germany
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15. 942 Francis Bruckle Malone N York
25
J e Specification ref Oct. 17. 33
Hon C McLean House Reps N.Y. H. Adams Fort Plain N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Francis Dancille
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1780 + 5 Private Capt Sipe Capt Blyde Staten Isd 66 years By living witnesses   May 1781 6 " Capt Sipe Capt Blyde at Fort Blyde 67 years a Col. Lyman   May 1782 6 " Same officers   1783 5 " Same officers Fort Blyde  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
+ Declarant must state how his what manner he was called into the service whether by draft or otherwise

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service, (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
No Service not distinctly specified in the manner pointed out born under held & can be allowed? The service in which the applicant alleges that he was engaged was occasional

15942
✓
Francis Danckes Passion popus
81-05

State of New York
1832
County of Montgomery ss
On the 19 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting Francis Dunklee a resident of the town of Canajoharie in the county & State aforesaid aged sixty six years in April last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after mentioned —
That in the month of June 1780 he was called upon & volunteered in the service of his country in a company of militia men commanded by Capt. Adam Lieber Lieut. Jacob Matthies then commissioned William Becker in Colo. Glycer's Regiment. That he was kept under arms on duty & at work for the government in the building of Fort Glycer until about the last of November following when hostilities in that season ceased and they were dismissed for the winter and that during that season he did as he believes five months duty as above mentioned in the service of his country —
That about the first of May 1781 he was again called out as above & entered the service under the command of his said officers above mentioned was stationed at Fort Glycer there kept on duty & out in scouting parties at different times & in various directions to check the Indians and Tories who were doing great mischief in that place and its vicinity until about the last of November following when hostilities in that season again ceased, and that during that season he did as he believes at least six months actual duty in the service of his country.
That about first of May 1781 1782 he was

again called upon & entered the service under command of his said officers above mentioned was again at Fort Glynne, there again kept on duty & out in scouting parties at different times & in different directions as above mentioned until some time in the month of November following when hostilities in that season again ceased and that during that season he did as he verily believes as many as six months duty in the service of his country
That in the month of May 1783 he was again called into service by his said officers stationed again at Fort Glynne where he was kept on duty as above mentioned until some time in October following when hostilities again ceased, and that he did in that season as he believes five months actual duty — and that he has no documentary evidence of his services — And that he never received a written discharge
That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to all his service —
That he was born in Germany in April 1755 and the same season came to America as he has been informed & believed
That he has no record of his age That he was living in the town, County & State aforesaid when called into service as aforesaid where he has continued to live since the revolution and now lives —
That he was called into service at the different times & in the manner above mentioned —
That at Fort Glynne during the time he was there on duty as aforesaid Lieut. Putnam with some regular Troops as he now thinks were stationed at different times Lieut. Peake & Lieut. Baker with nine months Troops as they were called were stationed there also at different times and that he cannot state the names of any other officers or Troops where he served, nor the circumstances of his service other than as he has above stated —

That the Rev. Jonas Disfendorf & John Gordon are the names of Persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
We hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State — Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk
Francis his Dumble mark
We Jonas Disfendorf a clergyman residing in the town of Canajoharie and John Gordon residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Dumble who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty six years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk
Jonas Disfendorf John his Gordon mark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonas Disfendorf — who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman in the town of Canajoharie, and that John Gordon of the same place who has also signed the same are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit —

I Georg D Ferguson Clerk of the court of Common pleas of the county of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Francis Dunkle for a pension. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 19th September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Francis Dunkle , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1780 5 mo 15 d. Priv. Adams Lyfe Daniel Clyde N.Y.   Apr. 1781 6 " Ser. Peter Dunkle "   March 1782 6 mo 15 d. " Wilburt   " Clyde.   1 yr 6 mo.  
Battles engaged in,  Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Date of application for pension, Sept. 17, 1832  Residence at date of application, Canajoharie, Montg. Co., N.Y.  Age at date of application, 66 "B. in Germany in 1766 and came to Amer"  Remarks: That reason "His service was when under age & was not of a military character" Nicholas Dunkle (bro. of Serg. Peter Dunkle) testified in case.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
REJECTED
3130
P. O. _____
Francis Dunkle
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

1906 Aug. 9. History to Mrs. Walter J. Long - letter in Mid. File 24088 George Dunkle c

Act of Jan. 7. 1832
Francis Dugdale N. York
Suspended
See Letter to Hon. C. McLean
Mar. 12 th 1834
3/30

32299.
New York
Francis Dunkle.
Rejected.
Lett to Hon. McBean.
Dec. 12 th 1804.

State of N. York } Montgomery County } ss
On the 18 th day of September 1834. Personally Ap- peared and came before me a justice of the peace in the Town of Winden and in the County aforesaid, Nicholas Dunkle, of the Town of Canajoharie and County aforesaid, Who being duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath sworn to law depose, and say that he has been personally known and acquainted with Francis Dunkle, a Revolutionary Soldier, a claimant for a Pension, from the time of his youth, to the commencement of said War during the same, and ever since,
And deponent further saith that claimant did enter the Service of the United States, in the Spring of 1780, With the consent of his father. Volunteered at the Age of fourteen years, And from that time distinguished himself by his usefulness and intrepidity as a brave and faithful Soldier, from the time of his commencing to the close of the war
deponent further saith, that claimant was stationed at Fort Flyde, from year to year, Until the conclusion of the War, first year by order of Col. Flyde, and in the year 1781. & 1782. Ordered by Col. Marinus Willett, Ordered and directed that said Fort should be well Garrisoned, against the Incursions, and repelling the Incen- diaries, Besides often and frequently Volunteered, and called out, in pursuit of the Enemy, Always exhibited a willingness, that of a brave and courageous Soldier Equal to any belonging to Capt. Sylvester's Company, the same to which claimant belonged to, deponent further saith that In June or July Among many other Occurrences in 1781, at the time of the incursion of the incursion of the Enemy at the time of the burning Murthering at the Hallsberg, there in pursuit of the Incendiaries All along to Springfield, distance of About 16 Miles
Also in June 1782 at a distance of about \frac{1}{4} of a mile, claimant from Fort Flyde claimant and his Sergeant Vgt Sergeant Peter Dunkle, happened to spy three Indians laying on one side of an Old log, when the two brothers came up to the other side of the log, when the three Indians calculating on a sure prize, the Sergeant making towards the Fort, and claimant ran a different course, when the Indians, in pursuit of claimant, for nearly half a mile, finding that claimant had too much speed for his pursuers, changing his course, endeavoring to gett into the Fort, When the Indians were situate, between the old fort, and the Old log first mentioned, in ambush the number of twelve, of which number three again not to exceed 20 paces apart, each firing twice When claimant, Ag. in too Swift for the Indians reaching the Fort with a Slight Wound to his shoulder, and his Sergeant taken prisoner. Saith by him to Canada, where laying In ambush between the Fort, and the log, aforesaid, and Embracing after the firing or shooting upon claimant, the men in the fort, discharging a Small Cannon upon

Upon the three Indians in pursuit of claimant, When all the evidently disappeared That claimant further depose and say, that claimant at least did render The length of service as contained in his declaration, and that although after hostilities of arms between the British Government, and the United States, yet in an armistice, as late then in March 1783, ordered out, that claimant marched in pursuit of the Indians after the taking of John Lucas) a prisoner to Canada in pursuing the
And deponent further and lastly depose and saith that claimant is a man of good character, truth and veracity, and the statement contained in his declaration, entitled to full credit —
subscribed and sworn to NICHOLAS DUNKLE
this 15 th day of September 1834
before me — J. H. COOK Justice
State of New York — {
Montgomery County } ss
I hereby certify that I am Personally acquainted with Nicholas Dunkle Dunkle , the witness sworn in the foregoing Affidavit, and have known him for a number of years past, knowing him to be a man of good reputation, truth, and veracity — and that his testimony is entitled to full credit —
dated this 15 th day of September 1834
J. H. COOK Justice
Affidavit on behalf of Francis Dunkle By N. Dunkle

State of New York Montgomery County ss;
I George D Ferguson, Clerk of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Cook, before whom the foregoing Amended Declaration of Francis Dunkels purports to have been sworn, was, on the date thereof a Justice of the peace of said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said Amended Declaration is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of office this 3 d day of January 1834.
Geo: D. Ferguson,

32.299
Declaration Francis Dunkle Statement
Francis Dunkle
74 years old in 1780
Rejected
Letter to Hon. C. McBean Dec. 12. 1834
Hon. C. McBean

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 State of New York } Montgomery County } ss On this 18th day of September 1834 Personally Appeared in Open Court before, Abraham Morell  Samuel A. Gilbert John Hand Henry J. Diwendorff and David Spaker Judges of The Court of common pleas and General sessions of the peace held at the Village of Johnstown now sitting, Francis Dunkle a resident of the Town of Canajoharie, same County & State aforesaid, Aged Sixty Eight years five Months and 4 some days, who being first duly Sworn According to Law, doth On his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States, Under the following Named Officers, and served as herein stated
A Statement showing the Service of Francis Dunkle, of Montgomery County, State of New York
   Period when service rendered duration of claimants service Rank Names and rank of Comp't Officers Names and rank of Gen'l & field Officers Battles in which App't was Engaged Country through which he Marched Place of Abode where he entered the Service, and his age at the present period Proof by which the declaration is supported   years Months days     1780 " " " Private Capt Adam Lipe Jacob Mathias Lent John Countryman Wm Seber Ensign Genl Fr. Visscher Col Clyde Lt Col John Hand Lt Col Joseph Howe " N York Town of Canajoharie born born April 4th 1766, was Aged 68 years at the present Period 4th April last past John Jordan & Nicholas Dunkle in support of Declaration George D. Furgeron, (of John Reel), Joseph Waggoner, John J. Diwendorff Lawrence and Nicholas Groep, Henry Adams Esq. Doct John Webster Doct Graves Isaac Pickett Peter B. George Lampert and Adam Garlough, with whom claimant can support his Character as to truth and veracity At the age of fourteen with the consent of his father suffering himself being Enrolled, in Capt. Adams Lipes Company of Militia, and by Order of Col Saml. Clyde Stationed at Fort Clyde, for and during the whole season from the early part in Spring until April Winter late in November, there stationed by order of Garrison duty during said year, excepting when called out on alarms, to repel the Incursions of the Enemy, by leaving rendered Garrison duty in said Fort Clyde for at least the length of service as placed opposite and generally when on Garrison duty under the direction of Sergeant Peter Dunkle   1780 Early in Spring to late in Nov 0 4 15 Private Capt Lipe Col Clyde " do "   do do 0 1 0 do do Col Willett & Col Clyde " do do Generally ordered out on alarms, to repel the incursions of the common Enemy, that latter part of 1780 to the close of the Revolutionary War, Col Willett had the command of all the Militia of the three Counties of Tryon as well than all the others, and that his General Object was to afford protection to all the forts and the Inhabitants of said County of Tryon, and found it expedient to have the Forts well Garrisoned, and guarded but impracticable, and impossible to recruit all each and every time, but at a Moderate rate, claimant states that he held at least rendered the length of service as placed opposite  
Carried over

Brought Forward and Continued
   Period when last years Months days Private Company Officers Genl & Field Officers Battles & Engagements Country Through which he marched Place of Abode, and his present Age Proof by which declaration is supported     1780 Total 0 5 15 Private Capt Lynde Lieut Mathews 1st Lieut John Countryman 2nd Wm W Seber Ensign Genl Vifrich Col Clyde Major Coakman Major House NYorks Town of Canajoharie Aged 68 years past John Jordan & Nicholas Dunkle   1781 from the early part in Spring until 1st of April to 1st of Dec 0 4 15 do Capt Lynde Col Willett and Col Clyde do do Genl Orders by Col Willett that Forts must be well and Sufficiently Guarded, Regiment was Stationed at Fort Clyde, there residing Garrison, Service of the United States Service chiefly under General Peter Dunkle, excepting often and frequently ordered in pursuit of the Indians, and on Scouts, Exercise of which Regiment did render Garrison duty inside Fort Clyde, Vt United States Service the length of time or period as pleased Officers   do do 0 1 15 do do do do do do Ordered out on Alarm often and frequently during said year, and out of Fort Clyde, pursuing the Enemy often and frequently on Scouts, during the Enemy, during said season but from early part in Spring, with little exception being while latter part in fall particularly Stationed and ordered into Fort Clyde, and among all the occurrences happened during said year, at the time when the Enemy went by the Enemy, Ordered out in pursuit of the Enemy to Springfield - in all one month and 15 days   1782 from March until 1st of Dec 0 5 5 do do do do do Stationed at Fort Clyde, continually kept on Garrison duty at least 5 months, On behalf of the United States besides occasionally ordered out of said Fort on Alarm, and often on Scouts, almost continually engaged by the Indians during the season   do do 0 1 15 do do do do do Also Stationed at Fort Clyde, while and when called out frequently often to be the incursions of the Indians and often frequently sent and ordered on Scouts, at least the length of time placed on Scouts, during said year Vt Regiment with his brother Vt Sergeant Peter Dunkle happened to be at the distance of about a quarter of a mile out and away from Fort Clyde, saw them when they were Stationed but a little way in the woods, first discovery made, three Indians were caying and raising up on one side of an old log, when said Regiment and his Sergeant Vt his brother were on the other side of said log, when the Enemy calculated on a sure prize but at first disappointment, when both saw the Sergeant making towards the Fort, and Regiment took a different course, there three Indians pursuing Regiment, when Regiment had too much speed for the Indians, losing sight of him, after running about a thousand paces through the woods then directing his course to reach the Fort, when another party of Indians, which had got themselves situated in ambush between the Fort, and place first started from, had taken the Sergeant a prisoner which party consisted of twelve, of which number, three pursuing Regiment, at first at a distance not exceeding 20 paces firing half a dozen of times, when Regiment only rec'd slight wounds to his shoulder, when suddenly small cannon who fired, at the Enemy, when they instantly, both withdrew themselves, and Regiment too swift for the Indians to be taken, but his brother taken prisoner as afterwards said by him, to Comrades the Indians counting to the number of fifteen in all as said by Regiment's brother, which occurrence happened in June, said year   1783 March 0 0 1 do do do do do Again on an Alarm after separation of Army between Great Britain and the United States of America, after the latter when a party of Indians from Canada came, John Jordan a prisoner, he went from Fort Clyde to Canada  

That the applicant hereby relinquishes every claim Whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his Name is not on the Pension Roll, of the Agency of any State
Total 1 6 0
And for such Services as Stated in the foregoing Declaration, the Applicant Claims a Pension
Subscribed and sworn to in Open Court this 11 th day of September 1834
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk.
his Francis Dunkle
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Francis Dunkle.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 11 th day of September 1834 (11th) across with me an enzyme.
Geo: D. Ferguson.

State of New York
County of Montgomery ss;
John Gordon & George Dunckle of the town of Canajoharie County & State of our said, being duly sworn do severally depose & say that in the forepart of the season of 1780. Francis Dunckle of the town County & State of our said entered the service in the Revolutionary War in a Company commanded by Capt Adam Lipe of Col. Gloyne's Regiment, that the said Francis was on duty & at work in building Fort Gloyne during the season, as he was required, until in the latter part of the fall.
That in the Spring of 1781. the said Francis was again called into service, was stationed at Fort Gloyne then kept on duty & out in scouting parties as circumstances required until the latter part of the fall.
That in the Spring of 1782. The said Francis was again called to said Fort. then kept on duty & out in parties as circumstances required until the latter part of the fall.
And that in the Spring of 1783. the said Francis was again called into service, was again stationed at said Fort. then kept on duty & out in scouting parties as he was required until some time in the following fall. That the deponents cannot state the particulars of the service done by the said Francis, - That it was almost continually during the period of our said, according to the best recollection & belief of the said deponents.
And further the deponents say not.
Subscribed to before me Open Court 19th Sept. 1832
George his Dunckle Mark
John his Gordon Mark
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County
I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of Montgomery do hereby certify that George Dinkle & John Gordon appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at the last September term of said Court, and subscribed & swore to the within affidavit. & that the said Court have directed me as their Clerk to certify, & I do hereby certify to the War Department that it is the opinion of said Court that the said George Dinkle & John Gordon are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 17th July 1833
Geo. D. Ferguson

Affidavit John Gordon on behalf of Francis Dunkle

State of New York Montgomery County } ss
On the 15 th day of September 1834, Personally Appeared and came before me H. Cook a justice of the peace of the Town of Winden, John Gordon of the Town of Canajoharie In and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid, Who being duly sworn According to law, deposes and saith that he has been personally acquainted With Francis Dunkle A resident of the Town of Canajoharie, a claimant for A Pension for his services rendered on behalf of the United United States in the Revolutionary War, as a soldier, that deponent has known him said claimant from the time of his youth Up to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, during the same, and ever since.
deponent further saith, that claimant, was stationed at Fort Clyde from the beginning of Spring, in the year 1780 when claimant was aged fourteen years, that he was a Stout, Active Interprising, Young man, at that time for a young man of his age, —
And deponent further saith, that claimant did belong to the Company of Militia in the Regiment commanded by Col Sam l Clyde, he states said deponent, that claimant was enrolled and did belong to Capt Adam Eyer Company in the aforesaid Regt from Spring 1780 to the conclusion of the Revolution, —
deponent further saith that claimant did render Garrison duty In the aforesaid Fort Clyde, during the whole period often and frequently Ordered Out, sometimes on Scouts Spying the Enemy, and often and frequently during said period, Ordered out in pursuing and repelling the common Incendiaries, from Canada —
deponent further saith, that on examining claimants declaration and his statement contained therein, that he said deponent being well satisfied, and doth declare that claimant did render such services, and the length of services, at least as stated in his declaration —
deponent further says, that claimant is a man of Good Character, Truth, and Veracity, and claimants Testimony Entitled to full credit Subscribed and sworn to
This 15 th day of September 1834 Before me, H. Cook Justice
John Wm Gordon meek

State of N. York Montgomery County } ss
I Henry Cook a justice of the Peace in and for The County of Montgomery aforesaid do certify that I am, and have been Personally acquainted with John Jordan for a Number of years past that he is a man of Good Reputation, truth and veracity and his Testimony entitled to full credit - dated this 13 th day of September 1834
H. Cook Justice
State of New York Montgomery County Clerks Office } ss
I George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Cook before whom the foregoing affidavits of Nicholas Dinkle & John Jordan, present to have been known, was on the date thereof a justice of the Peace in and for the said County And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and Verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavits & to the foregoing certificates of Character of said Deponents is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 9 th October 1834.
Geo: D. Ferguson

Sec 15 Pension Office 12 West 182d N.Y.
Pension Office

New Paris Cal., Sunday of March,
Sir,
It will be seen by a reference to papers on file in your office that I was employed a year or two ago by Edward Brown Hermanus Ekle Anthony Ekle & Solomon Mich, to make application to your Department for their respective pensions for Revolutionary Services - These papers were considered by the Department to be defective principally for want of a proper specification of the services. They were sent back to me two or three times for the purpose of having their deficiency in that & some other respects supplied - My exertions in their behalf proved unsatisfactory to the War Department & the papers were returned - According to the rules laid down by the War Department for its government I could not complain of this decision but religiously believed that all of them if you were by the spirit of the Act of 1832 entitled from their services to a pension provided for them. Could be brought before the Department in a more specific form - Under these circumstances I advised these disappointed poor but at the same time very respectable old Revolutionists to apply to the Honorable Jacob Shell for a draft of the Army & now over a respectable man to aid them by means of his intimate acquaintance personal & otherwise with the military movements in this quarter in reaching to their minds a more definite knowledge of their military services - The statement which will be presented by Judge Shell of their services will be much more specific than it was possible for me to obtain but from the acquaintance I have of with the character of all the parties I do not think any thing would be admitted into their statements of which is not substantially correct & of which they do not honestly think they have a distinct recollection - I write this at the request of Judge Shell who thinks some explanation of the

reason of this business having shifted hands necessitating that leg leave to close with again expressing my full conviction that the applicants are entitled to the spirit of the law honestly entitled to a pension and a hope that it may be granted unto them
Yours in M c Cluskey
Cincinnati October 29 th 1839.
Hon ble Lewis Cass Esq r Secretary of the War Department of the United States

State of New York
Montgomery County, ss;
personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County, Francis Dunsell, who being sworn deponeth & saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his Service, but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades -
For five Months I served as a volunteer private in a Company of Militia Men commanded by Capt Adam Lipe in Colo Glycer's Regt in 1780 as follows,
About the first of June in that year I was called upon and I volunteered into the Service of my country in the Company & Regt aforesaid, that I was kept under arms in guarding the inhabitants & country from injury by the Indians & Tories. And at work in building Fort Glycer until about the last of November following. When Indian & Tory hostilities principally ceased & I was dismissed from Service -
For six Months I served as a private in the Company and Regt aforesaid, in 1781, as follows,
About the first of May in that year, I having arrived at the age which compelled me to do duty & bear arms, I was called into Service in the Company and Regt aforesaid in which I belonged, by my said Captain that I was stationed at Fort Glycer, there kept on duty & out in Scouting parties in different directions & to different places to guard the inhabitants & country from Savage & Tory hostilities until about the last of November following, when Savage & Tory hostilities principally ceased in & about the vicinity & I was again dismissed from further Service -
For six Months I served as a private in the Company and Regt aforesaid, in 1782 as follows,
About the first of May in that year I was called into Service, by my said Captain in the Company

And Regt. aforesaid, that I was stationed at Fort Clyde, then kept on duty & sent out by my said captain in scouting parties to guard & protect the inhabitants and vicinity from the Savage & Tory brutes, that I was so kept on duty at the Fort & out scouting as aforesaid until about the middle of November following, when the Indians & Tories principally left that vicinity & I was discharged from further Service.
For five Months I served as a private in the company of Regt. aforesaid in 1783 as follows,
About the first of May in that year I was called into Service by my said capt, was again stationed at Fort Clyde, then kept under arms on duty, & was frequently sent out scouting by my said capt. in different directions to seek out the enemy, guard & protect the inhabitants from the danger to which they were daily exposed from the Indians & Tories, that I was so kept in Service until about the first of October following when the Indians & Tories again left the vicinity and I was again discharged from Service.
And that in 1781, I not being of the age which compelled me to do duty, I volunteered and served as such as above stated in that year. That in 1782 & 1783. I was of the age which required me to bear arms, and in those years I was called out & put on duty by my said captain, I do not know that I was ever drafted, but that I was called, and I did not stop to inquire by what authority, but freely went to the defence of my country, as did about every friend to his country in that perilous day, when we were surrounded by blood shed & death on every side in the vicinity of the Mohawk River and that in that way I entered the Service & served as I have above stated and for such Service I claim a pension,
Subscribed & sworn to this 2 nd day of January 1834 before me J. H. Cook J. P.
Francis his Deumkille mark